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Caption: BETTER IN BLUE CHEFCHAOUEN,
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Caption: Chefchaouen, located only 70 miles from the port city of Tangier, is worldly renowned for its vivid blue walls. The most popular reason as for why the city is painted so vibrantly is when Jews fled Hitler’s Germany to find refuge in the city during the 1930s. Blue is meant to symbolize the sky and heaven, a reminder to lead a spiritual life.
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Caption: Besides it’s strikingly blue walls, the city is also known for bustling local shops with vendors selling handmade crafts, art, fabrics and even fresh goat cheese. It’s easy to get lost in the array of color.
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Caption: Gorgeously colored powders sometimes can be passed along tight, zig-zagging pathways — another highlight of the city’s display of craftsmanship
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Caption: Here are some wall murals of designs that locals paint on dried pieces of cloth and sell at markets.
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Caption: It’s easy to get lost in the city, but sometimes getting lost leads to spectacular views of a hidden paradise.
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Caption: I guess it’s not all that bad being blue
